Steam radiator



(N Model.)

I SI E. RH0DEs-.

STEAM RADIATOR',

Patnted May 1. 18884.

UNiTED STATES STEPHEN E. RHODES, OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, Assieuonor ONE-HALF TO EDMUND G. RAWSON, OF SAME PLACE.

STEAM-RADIATOR.

VSPECIIIIEICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No, 381,954, dated Mayl, 1888.

Application filed February 26,1887. Serial No. 229.039.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, STEPHEN E. RHoDEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Saratoga Springs, in the county of Saratoga and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSteam-Radiators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to steam-radiators for warming rooms of buildings;and it consists in providing the steam-radiator witha swiveljointconnection at one of its ends for connection of the radiator with thefixed live steam pipe and condense-wate1` pipe, and also in providingmeans which will support the radiator clear from the door of the room,and adapt it to be moved at will from one situation to another withoutbeing disconnected from said stationary steam and water pipe, all ofwhich will be hereinafter particularly described, and set forth in theclaims.

. The object of my invention is to provide a simple and economicallneansfor connecting the radiator with the stationary steam and waterpipes, and adapt it to be moved at will from near a side of one wall ofa room to a side of another wal-l atright angles with the first, or to asituation between the two walls. as may be preferred. I attain thisobject by the means illustrated -in 1 the accompanying drawings, forminga partof this specification, in whichl Figure l is a plan View of asteam-radiator and my device for carrying myinvention into effect, andillustrating different situations to which the radiator can be moved atwill without being disconnected from the live-steam pipe andcondense-water pipe. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 isaseotional view of the swivel-joint connection between the radiator andthe stationary steam and water pipes. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the lowerhalf of the said connection. The last two figures represent the saidconnection on an enlarged scale.

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout theseveralviews.

In the drawings, A represents the floor of a room. B is one of the wallsof the same.

B is an intersecting wall, and Gis a stearn- 5o radiator of anyknownconstruction,and which [No model.)

can be made with an oblong form, as shown, or square, or circular, asmaybe selected.

D is the swivel-jointed device with which the radiator is connected withthe stationary live'steam pipe S and condensewater pipe 55 W, whichpipes are suitably secured in the floor or other suitable part of thebuilding. The steam pipe S running from the floor is connected with asuitable steam generator or chamber or receptacle, (not shown,) and the6o water-pipe W leads to any suitable trap or other 'device forreceiving the condense water. This device D,I denominate the turn-stand,which turnstand is formed by the stationary piece or half aand therotary moving piece or half b. These two parts are secured together bythe pivot-bolt c. One of these pieces, as a, has4 made in it twocircular chambers, d and e, Figs. 3 and 4, which chambers are concentricto the pivot-bolt c, as shown in Fig. et. I pre- 7o fer to make theinnermost chamber,c,the livesteam chamber, as it lies nearerto thepivotbolt, and the pressure of the steam on the upper and lower sides ofthat chamber will not operate as forcibly on the pivot-bolt connectionas it would were the steam admitted into theoutermostchamber,d.Theotherchamber, as d, is the condense-water chamber.

Made preferably in piece a are packing recesses or groovesff, in whichare placed suitable packing-rings, g g, made of any suitable material;and made with piece b are glands h h, which have bearing or packingrings g, as Shown-in Fig. 3.

E is the livestcam supply pipe leading from the Steamchamber e in turnstand D to the radiator, and F is the water-discharge pipe leading fromthe base of the radiator to the water-chamber d in turn-stand D. Thesepipes E and F respectively are connected in a suitable manner with theupper half, b, of said turn stand, as shown in Fig. 3, and have in t-hemsuitable elbows for turning the pipes in proper directions and anglesfor suitable connection with the baseof the radiator, as shown ,95 inFigs. 1, 2, and 3.

Ajoint-coupling elbow, as joint t', Fig. 1, made with the pipes, allowsthe pipes E and F to be turned upwardly (or downwardly) from ahorizontal line.

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G G are suitable valves in pipes E and F, which valves can be operatedat will as practiced for letting on or cutting off steam with theradiator, and letting the condense water escape from the radiator.

H are caster-wheels attached tothe lower side of the base of theradiator and working beneath the same, preferably. The drawings showthese easter-wheels to be set at a point a little past the middle oflength of the radiator, yet they can be set at other points with thesame result, and, if desired, a single caster only can be used.

It will be readily understood that live steam entering the radiator:vill first pass from the steam-generator (not shown) through steanrpipe S into the ring-form steam-chamber e, and thence through pipe Einto the radiator, while the water result-ing from the condensation ofthe steam in the radiator will pass through pipe F into ring-chamber din the turn-stand, and escape from thence through pipe XV. l

By this above described arrangement the radiator C can be moved at willfrom situation shown by full lines in Fig. 1 to either of the situationsindicated by dotted lines in the same figure, or at other situationsintermediate, as may be desired.

It is to be understood that I do not confine myself to the exact form ofconstruction of the parts producing the device for swiveling theradiator, or for adapting the radiator to be moved at will in a line ofa section of a circle. At the same time it has connection with thestationary steam and condense-water pipes, as by ordinary skillandjudgment the parts can be modified so as to produce the essentialjoint from which the radiator can be turned at the time it hasconnection with the stationary pipes S and XV.

lf desired, the chambers d and e for water aud steam can be made in theupper half of the turn-stand, or one of said chambers can be made in onehalf and the other in the other half. The packing grooves or recesses fand glands h can be made in reversed order from that shown, ifpreferred. Again, if desired, the upper half or part of this turn-standcan be made with one end of the lower side plate of the base of theradiator, or be connected directly with the radiator, with the exerciseof ordinary skill, in which case the pipes E and F would be dispensedwith, and the valves G G would be applied to the stationary pipes S andXV.

By means of the above-described invention the radiator can be turned orswung horizontally away from one wall to near the other, or to asituation between, and the reverse, so that access can be readily had tothe walls, baseboards, and floor neighboring the radiator for operationsfor repairing those parts of the building, or papering, painting, orcleaning the same.

If preferred, the packing-rings can be omit ted, and the joint of piecea with b can be made steam-tight by means of ground or rub joints. Inthe drawings, Fig. 2, the stcampipe E (shown by dotted lines) is carriedunder the base to the off end of the radiator, where 1t connects withthe usual pipes of the saine, while the condense-water pipe will havecon-l nection with the base-chamber at the end near the turn-stand.

Having described my invention, what I claim 1s l. The combination, witha steam-radiator having a steam delivery or supply pipe and an exhaustor water-return pipe, and the stationary steairrsupply pipe andstationary exhaust or waterescape pipe, of a swivel-joint connectioncomposed of a stationary piece and a rotary piece which are connected byapivot bolt, one of said pieces containing a circular or ring-formsteam-chamberandacircular or ringform waterehamber, which are soarranged as to communicate, respectively, with the said two sets ofsteam delivery and waterreturn pipes, whereby the said swivel-conneetionwill adapt the radiator to be turned horizontally at will in eitherdirection and permit the delivery of live steam to the radiator and adischarge' from the latter of the exhaust or water from the condensationof the steam, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,with a stationary steamsupply pipe and a stationaryexhaust or Waterescape pipe, and aV steamradiator which has one of itsends free to be moved horizontally in either direction, of theswivel-joint device D, constructed as described, and adapted to supportthe end of the radiator opposite its moving end and connect itssteam-supply pipe and water-escape pipe, respectively, with the saidstationary steamsupply pipe and stationary water-escape pipe,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with a steam-radiator and the stationary steamsupplypipe and stationary water-pipe, of the swivel-joint connection at oneend of the radiator and the suppOrtingWheel H, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with a steam-radiator and stationary steamesupplypipe and exhaust or water-escape pipe, of a swivel-joint connectioncomposed of a stationary piece connected with said stationarysteam-supply pipe and exhaust or water-return pipe, and ahorizontallyrotary piece pivoted with said stationary piece,

and connected with the live-steam and returnwater or exhaust pipe ofsaid radiator, whereby the radiator can be turned at will from onesituation to another without uncoupling the said steam-supply andexhaust pipes from the corresponding pipes in the radiator,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

STEPHEN E. RHODES. XTitnesses:

ALEX. SELKIRK, ARTHUR M. BRYDEN.

